Night flows, drowsing man into slumber
A wee cool breeze crossing the barred window
Halts awhile
The heated room with no power
Seemed to strangle its might
I turned around as a whiff of the swirling fan
Touched my aching dehydrated limbs
Morn dawned, the screeching sunny rays
Upturned my dreamy sleep
The halting breeze had disappeared into the gloom
The waves of heat strode ahead fiercely scorching the earth
The sobbing earth shed some tears unseen by man
The cracks opened up, the heat tore them apart
A drop of rain…or a sip of water … could ease the pain
But the clear heated sky, the dried up taps
Shed no more-
The nectar of life
The fields cracked, the farmers wept
Their patience soaked their tears
The shrieking cries of babes in arms
Melted no one’s heart
The golden fiery ball in heaven
Looked down on earth to scald
The selfishness of man… and his pride
To stoke and kill his plans
The loot, the rape, of mother earth
The minerals, the natural resources
Dug and drilled to line their pockets
The virtues sold and killed
No light of wisdom, no guilt, no shame
To loot and plunder the earth
The sun in heaven, god’s eye in heaven
The rescuer of life and thrill
Now punishes man for his ill begotten whims
By burning it like hell
No one sees nor withdraws
From trampling, loot and secure
The holiness that rapidly slips away for evermore
~ Shobha Diwakar
Jabalpur, India
Indian Periodical
Indian Periodical
A very nice poem indeed!
It’s quite unfortunate that nature has turned its back to the man! Nature is not to blame, but the man himself!
He has not allowed nature to remain so as it was; The intrusion he made into the nature has transformed it beyond recognition;
The selfish attitude of man has robbed it of originality and valuable resources to an extent that nature had started to pay him back in the same coin,one of its negative reaction being scarcity of water that drives the humankind to go in search of it, often times meeting with failure!
Man’s role in the change in climate is not insignificant and hence the failure of crops resulting in food shortage, a challenge hard to meet with!
It’s in the interest of whole of mankind that we have to reverse the trend by accompanying with nature, and nurturing it to bring its lost glory back to NATURE!